Here’s What Baristas Should Know About Filing Their Taxes

As tax season approaches, experts are weighing in on the steps coffee workers can take to finalize and submit their taxes with minimal stress.
by Brit Alexandria | March 26, 2025

Small Cafe? Here’s How To Design a Winning Food Program

More and more customers expect prepared food when they go to coffee shops, which poses a challenge for cafes with small kitchens. Here’s how they can still deliver a great food program, despite space…
by Haley Greene | March 19, 2025

Roastery Breakdown: ViCAFE in Zurich, Switzerland

ViCAFE’s roastery serves 17 cafes in Switzerland. To manage that scale, it uses automation—including a software program that connects all the roastery’s machinery—so its team is free to focus on quality.
by Brit Alexandria | March 12, 2025

How Coffee Shops With 5+ Locations Can Maintain  Operational Efficiency

Operating one coffee shop is hard enough, but juggling multiple locations while keeping quality standards high can feel impossible. Here’s how these owners do it.
by Anne Mercer | March 7, 2025

How Coffee and Artist Collaborations Create Community and Boost Business

Art and coffee have long been intertwined, and collaborations between artists and cafes can attract new customers while supporting local makers.
by Amber Gibson | February 21, 2025

RoasterLink: Learnings From One Year of Wholesale Coffee Matchmaking

Seeing how often coffee roasters and shops failed to connect, Fresh Cup launched RoasterLink: a wholesale coffee matchmaking program. Now, publisher Garrett Oden is reflecting on a year of successes and insights—and what comes…
by Garrett Oden | February 19, 2025

This Coffee Shop Went Viral. Here’s What Happened Next

Coffee Milano Cafe had its best-ever sales month after a TikTok video went viral. This example of earned media demonstrates how coffee businesses can leverage their own content for powerful marketing.
by Haley Greene | February 12, 2025

How To Find: A Wholesale Coffee Roasting Partner

Finding a coffee partner to supply your business requires more than just tasting samples from different roasters. Here’s how to evaluate wholesale coffee roasters—and find your perfect match.
by Anne Mercer | February 7, 2025

The Worker-Owned Coffee Cooperatives of Baltimore

Worker cooperatives are growing in popularity across the United States, and nowhere is this more apparent than in Charm City. Could worker-owned cafes offer a model for the coffee industry of the future?
by Fionn Pooler | January 29, 2025

How Three Coffee Shops Tackle Inventory Management

Effective inventory management can help coffee shops cut costs and increase profits. Read on for insights from three cafe owners to learn what works for them.
by Haley Greene | December 13, 2024